Kotterdam
06-10-2003, 00:39
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Dominion-Class Aircraft Carrier
Builders VanDoos Shipyards
Propulsion
2 Landyne LV-450 Nuclear Reactors
4 Controllable-Reversible Pitch Propellers
Length Overall: 1,120 ft (341.38 meters)
Speed 34 knots
Aircraft 86
20 x F-72 Broadsword fighter
20 x F-23C Black Widow II carier stealth fighter
20 x A-24 Corsair III light attack fighter
10 x AV-19 Lightning II VTOL attack fighter
6 x S-3B Viking ASW aircraft
6 x E-2C Hawkeye AWACS aircraft
2 x CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
Aircraft elevators Four
Catapults Four
Armament
5 x SAM Launchers (SM-2-ER)
1 x ASROC Launcher (Anti-Submarine Rocket)
1 x Cruise Missile Launcher (Tomahawk)
4 x MK 15 MOD 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS)
1 x MK 36 MOD 2 Super Rapid-Blooming Off-Board Chaff System
Combat Systems
1 x AN/SPY-3A Multi-Function Radar
1 x AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
1 x AN/SPS-64(V)9 Navigation Radar
4 x AN/SPS-62 Illuminators
1 x AN/SQS-53C Hull Mounted SONAR
1 x AN/SLQ-32(V)4 active jamming/deception
1 x AN/WLR-1H ESM
Crew
Ship's Company: 2,400
Air Wing: 2,509
Notes
As the final product of the long-running CVX program, the Dominion-class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier is expected to replace the long-serving force of Kitty Hawk-class Aircraft Carriers currently in service with the Dominion of Kotterdam.
Including several new systems, such as an advanced Jet Blast Deflector comprised of metal panels coated with heat-dissipating ceramic tiles similiar to those used on reentry vehicles, the new JBD will resist far greater levels of heat with far less maintenance. As well, the new integrated multi-function radar system will be far less maintenance intensive than the series of individual systems used on the Kitty Hawk.
Shearwater-Class Battleship
Builders VanDoos Shipyards
Propulsion
2 Landyne LV-425 Nuclear Reactors
2 Controllable-Reversible Pitch Propellers
2 Rudders
Length Overall: 285 meters
Speed 36 knots
Aircraft
Two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
Armament
1 MK 7 AEGIS Weapons System
250 VLS Cells (Tomahawk ASM/LAM)
80 VLS Cells (Standard Missile - MR)
20 VLS Cells (Anti-Submarine Rocket)
50 VLS Cells (Harpoon Missile)
2 MK 32 MOD 14 Torpedo Tubes - 12 MK-46 torpedoes
3 Viking Military Arms Mk. 12 16" Semi-Automatic Battleship Rifles
4 MK 15 MOD 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS) (Retractable)
1 MK 36 MOD 2 Super Rapid-Blooming Off-Board Chaff System
Combat Systems
1 AN/SPY-1B(V) Multi-Function Radar
1 AN/SPS-49(V)8 Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-64(V)9 Navigation Radar
1 AN/SPS-9 Gun Fire Control Radar
4 AN/SPS-62 Illuminators
1 AN/SQS-53C Hull Mounted SONAR
1 AN/SQR-19B Towed Array SONAR (TACTAS)
1 AN/SLQ-32A(V)3 Electronic Warfare Suite
Crew 36 Officers, 510 Enlisted
Notes
The new Shearwater-class of battleship coming into service with the Dominion of Kotterdam Navy is designed to fill a gap caused by the lack of sufficient numbers of the so-called Armoury Ships. Designed to provide fire support to land engagement as well as forming the core of a conventional surface action group. Designed with low-radar-observability hull geometry and incorporating the latest in radar absorbing materials, the Shearwater is a virtual ghost on the waves. Her radar systems are equivalent to those on the Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Guided Missile Cruiser but for one important distinction: The radar systems of a Shearwater-class vessel include an LPI, or Low Probability of Intercept mode, allowing them to function at reduced power levels and still return reliable data without giving away the battleship's location.
Finally, in a relatively unique move for a modern vessel, the Shearwater includes three high-calibre battleship rifles. These weapons can be computer aimed and maintain a rate of fire of forty five rounds per minute per gun, a total of 135 rounds per minute. This allows the Shearwater to devastate targets even without the use of her more modern arsenal.
Tripoli-Class Destroyer
Builders VanDoos Shipyards
Propulsion
1 Landyne LV-514 Nuclear Reactor
2 Controllable-Reversible Pitch Propellers
4 LM2500 GE Marine Gas Turbines
2 Rudders
Length Overall: 160.11 meters
Speed 41 knots
Aircraft
Two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
Armament
1 MK 7 AEGIS Weapons System
125 VLS Cells (Tomahawk ASM/LAM)
40 VLS Cells (Evolved Sea Sparrow)
20 VLS Cells (Anti-Submarine Rocket)
20 VLS Cells (Harpoon Missile)
2 MK 32 MOD 14 Torpedo Tubes - 12 MK-46 torpedoes
1 MK 45 MOD 1 5"/54 caliber Twin Gun Mount (2 5" Guns)
2 MK 15 MOD 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS) (Retractable)
1 MK 36 MOD 2 Super Rapid-Blooming Off-Board Chaff System
Combat Systems
1 SPY-lD(V) Multi-Function Radar
1 AN/SPQ-9B Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-67(V)3 Navigational Radar
1 AN/SQS-53C(V) Hull Mounted Sonar
1 AN/SQR-19(V) Towed Array (TACTAS) Sonar
1 AN/SQQ-28(V) LAMPS III
1 AN/SLQ-32(V)3
1 AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE Torpedo Countermeasures
6 MK 36 MOD 6 Decoy Launching Systems (Retractable)
Crew 24 Officers, 261 Enlisted
Notes
Designed to compliment the Shearwater-class of battleship, the Tripoli-class Destroyer provides capabilities superior to those of the Arleigh Burke-class on which the requirement was based. Although physically a larger ship, the Tripoli gives enemies a far smaller radar cross-section thanks to the use of radar absorbant materials and low-radar observability hull geometry, much like her larger sister ship, the Shearwater. Likewise, her radar systems have been improved to include the same LPI mode as that of the larger vessel. The inclusion also grants it a superior ability to engage low-altitude and low-radar-cross-section targets. Although this capability is intended to be used against sea-skimming anti-ship missiles, there is some thought that its aptitude for targeting objects which grant only small returns could be used to engage stealth aircraft.
Craft Augmented Seawolf
Power Plant
One S6W reactor
One shaft at with 52,000 shp with pumpjet propulsor
Improved Performance Machinery Program Phase II one secondary propulsion submerged motor
Length 353 feet (107.6 meters)
Draft 35 feet (10.67 meters)
Beam 40 feet (12.2 meters)
Speed
Maximum Submerged 37 knots
Maximum Silent 25 knots
Operating Depth 1600 feet
Armament
8 x 660-mm torpedo tubes
16 x Tomahawk SLCM VLS Tubes
20 x Silverfish SCSG Torpedoes
30 x Mark 48 ADCAP torpedoes
Systems
AN/BSY-2 active-passive Sonar/Fire Control w/hemispherical bow array and wide aperture array
TB-16B or TB-23 towed array
AN/BPS-16 search and navigation radar
AN/WLQ-4(V)1 ES receiver
Central Combat System (CCS) MK2
Link 11 Tactical data link
OTCIXS Tactical data link
Crew 12 Officers; 121 Enlisted
Notes
The Seawolf-class submarine was a superb addition to the DKN, but when production rights were traded for with the Empire of Eris Kallisti, the Dominion decided to make a few minor adjustments before putting their new submarines into service.
First came the addition of sixteen vertical launch system tubes for Tomahawk Submarine Launched Cruise Missiles. Then, the screw was replaced with a more efficient model that provided only a marginal improvement in top speed, but a marked increase in the tactical, or "silent" speed, increasing it by a full quarter. The Augmented Seawolf is also the first vessel in the DKN to come equipped with the new Silverfish torpedo as part of its standard compliment. Manufacturing rights for the Silverfish are not included with any deal regarding the Augmented Seawolf, however rights for the MK48 ADCAP are.
Avalon-Class Guided Missile Submarine
Builders VanDoos Shipyards - Electric Boat Division
Propulsion
1 Landyne LV-450 Nuclear Reactor
2 Controllable-Reversible Pitch Propellers
Length Overall: 580 ft (176.78 meters)
Speed 25 knots
Armament
6 x 660-mm torpedo tubes
50 x Hammerhead SLAAM VLS Tubes
150 x Tomahawk SLCM VLS Tubes
10 x Silverfish SCSG Torpedoes
30 x Mk48 ADCAP Torpedoes
Combat Systems
1 x AN/BSY-2 active-passive Sonar/Fire Control w/hemispherical bow array and wide aperture array
1 x TB-23 towed array
1 x AN/BPS-21 multi-function radar
1 x AN/WLQ-4(V)1 ES receiver
1 x Central Combat System (CCS) MK2
1 x Link 11 Tactical data link
1 x Integral Dry Deck Shelter
Crew
11 Officers, 105 Enlisted
70 Commandoes
Notes
Arising from a requirement for a forward-deployed vessel capable of projecting power into a region without resorting to nuclear threats, the Avalon-class Guided Missile Submarine is quite capable of providing a lethal rain of Tomahawk missiles, and then fading away into the sea.
The first vessel designed from the ground up to use the new Hammerhead SLAAM, the Avalon-class is equipped with a capability her mission designers never envisioned. Its compact multi-function radar can provide a version of the capabilities of the larger SPY-series sets on the Shearwater- and Tripoli-class vessels, but at shorter range. It also has a semi-active mode, however, in which it simply acts as a reciever, and allows other radar sets to broadcast the energy from which it takes its returns. Combined with the SLAAM, this makes the Avalon-class submarine a potent threat for enemy aircraft indeed.
F-72 Broadsword
Equipped with a distinctive Forward Swept Wing design, the F-72 Broadsword is the first multirole fighter designed by the Vega Aerospace Consortium. Designed originally for Air Superiority, the Broadsword's design parameters were broadened to the point where it is capable of completing nearly any mission profile using the ordinance mounted on six underwing and three fuselage hardpoints. The F-72 includes an integrated avionics package similar to the F-22 Raptor, allowing quick and easy access by the aircrew to the information essential to their survival. The powerful radar system is capable of tracking targets at a distance of one hundred and twenty nautical miles. The aircraft's Forward Looking Infrared optics system, or FLIR is augmented by an Infrared Search and Track System, or IRSTS allowing the long-range detection of both sub- and supersonic targets without the use of radar.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: All-Weather Multi-Role
Secondary Function: Tactical Strike
Contractor: Vega Aerospace Consortium
Power Plant: Two Kielly-Caesar L15-KC-101 augmented afterburning turbofans with two-dimensional thrust vectoring
Length: 65 feet, 9 inches
Height: 17 feet, 8 inches
Wingspan: 44 feet, 4 inches
Speed:
Supercruise - 1,388 mph (Mach 1.8)
With Afterburner - 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5+)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 68,000 pounds
Range: 3,450 miles (3,000 nautical miles) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
Armament:
One internally mounted M-61A2 20mm 20-mm, six-barrel cannon with 940 rounds of ammunition; 2 AIM-132 ASRAAMs, 9 under-wing and fuselage hardpoints capable of mounting the AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-7M Sparrow, JDAM, MK-84, MK-83, MK-82, GBU-12, GBU-16, GBU-24, JSOW, AGM-65 Maverick, CBU-72, AGM-84D Harpoon, AGM-88 HARM, Targeting and Jammer Pods
Crew: Two
F-23C Black Widow II
Although it was defeated by the F-22 Raptor in the US Air Force's ATF competition, the Dominion of Kotterdam nonetheless decided that the YF-23 would make an excellent base for their stealth fighter. Cooperating with the Vega Aircraft Consortium, Northrop and McDonell-Douglas, that long-time supplier of the DKAF began work on improving the design. An extra bay for two more Sidewinders was worked into the design, granting it a more potent air-to-air punch. Other than that, the most major change was to the control systems, changing them from fly-by-wire to fly-by-light in a move designed to grant the design marginally better maneuverability.
More agile, and more stealthy, both to radar and to infrared than the F-22, the F-23B also has the advantage of superior range over the former fighter. The improved payload can be augmented even further by the six optional wing hardpoints, three per wing, four out of six being wet. Because of their effect on the Black Widow II's radar signature, they are almost never used on aggressive missions where stealth matters. Only on CAP missions are they used, and even then, only during relatively safe situations. The F-23C is the Carrier version of the F-23B.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: Stealth All-Weather Multi-Role
Secondary Function: Tactical Strike
Contractor(s): Northrop/McDonnell-Douglas/Vega Aerospace Consortium
Power Plant: 2 Pratt and Whitney YF119 turbofan engines
Length: 67 feet, 5 inches (20.6 meters)
Height: 13 feet, 11 inches (4.3 meters)
Wingspan: 43 feet, 7 inches (13.3 meters)
Speed:
Supercruise - Mach 1.58
With Afterburner - Mach 1.8
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 64,000 pounds (29,029 kilograms)
Range: 800 nautical miles without external tanks or air-to-air refueling.
Armament:
One internally mounted M-61A2 20mm 20-mm, six-barrel cannon with 500 rounds of ammunition; 4 AIM-9X Sidewinders; internal bay capable of carrying either 4 AIM-120C AMRAAMs, or two AMRAAMs and two JDAMs, or two AMRAAMs and two AGM-88 HARMs, or two AMRAAMs and two AGM-84 Harpoons; 6 under-wing hardpoints each capable of mounting one AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-9 Sidewinder, or AGM-84 Harpoon
Crew: One
A-24 Corsair III
For an aircraft manufacturer known for its unorthodox approach, the A-24 Corsair III is surprisingly conventional in its design. A conventional low delta-wing design with downward sloping swept horizontal tail surfaces and a single high vertical tail. Small and extremely agile, it is not the fastest fighter around, but retains exceptional low-level maneuverability, making it a terrific strike aircraft.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: Light All-Weather Multi-Role
Contractor: Vega Aerospace Consortium
Power Plant: One Kielly-Caesar L21-KC-211 afterburning turbofan
Length: 42 feet, 7 inches
Height: 18 feet, 3 inches
Wingspan: 31 feet, 11 inches
Speed: 925 miles per hour (Mach 1.2)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 68,000 pounds
Range: 3,450 miles (3,000 nautical miles) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
Armament:
One internally mounted M-61A2 20mm 20-mm, six-barrel cannon with 560 rounds of ammunition; 2 AIM-132 ASRAAMs, 4 under-wing and fuselage hardpoints capable of mounting the AIM-120 AMRAAM, MK81 250-lb bomb, MK82 500-lb bomb, MK83 1,000-lb bomb, GBU-12 500-lb LGB, GBU-16 1,000-lb LGB, GBU-32 and GBU-35 1,000-lb JDAM, GBU-30 and GBU-38 500 JDAM, CBU-24/B Cluster Bomb, MK-20 Rockeye Cluster Bomb, BLU-111 500-lb penetrator, BLU-110 1,000-lb penetrator, AGM-88 HARM, AGM-65 Maverick
Crew: One
AV-19 Lightning II
Mission
The mission of the Vega Aerospace Consortium AV-19 Lightning II is to attack and destroy surface targets, escort helicopters, and to conduct air operations as needed. The Lightning II's missions include, but are not limited to:
- Close Air Support using conventional and specific weapons.
- Deep air support, to include armed reconnaissance and air interdiction, using conventional and specific weapons.
- Offensive and defensive antiair warfare. This includes combat air patrol, armed escort missions, and offensive missions against enemy ground-to-air defenses
Requirements for the Lightning II call for the aircraft to be able to conduct operations at night and in all weather. The Lightning II includes air intercept radar capable of tracking targets out to fifty miles, Forward Looking Infrared systems (FLIR). It is quite capable of operating and delivering ordinance at night, and conducting extended operations through the use of aerial refueling. It is designed to operate from carriers and other suitable seagoing platforms, advanced bases, expeditionary airfields, and remote tactical landing sites.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: Close Air Support
Contractor: Vega Aerospace Consortium
Power Plant: Two Kielly-Caesar L12-KC-100 vectored thrust augmented turbofans
Length: 49 feet, 4 inches
Height: 12 feet, 2 inches
Wingspan: 30 feet, 6 inches
Speed: 925 miles per hour (Mach 1.2)
Maximum Weight for Short Takeoff: 38,000 pounds
Maximum Weight for Vertical Takeoff: 35,000 pounds
Range: 1,100 miles
Armament:
One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (13,000 pounds for Vertical Take Off) of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing pylon stations, including low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions, mine dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-optically guided bombs; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff; jammer pods; 2.75-inch (6.99 centimeters) rockets; illumination flares; AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile); AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles; and Lightning II Laser Guided Munition Targeting Pod.
Crew: One
Production rights for the Hammerhead SLAAM can be added to the deal for $10,000,000.
Hammerhead Submarine-Launched Anti-Air Missile
(SLAAM)
Specifications
Primary Function Surface-to-Air Missile for submarines
Secondary Function Battlegroup Defense Weapon
Contractor Vega Aerospace Consortium
Power Plant Single-stage, Dual thrust solid fuel rocket
Length 4.62 meters
Weight 761 kilograms
Diameter 34.3 centimeters
Range 90 nautical miles
Guidance System Semi-Active/Active Radar
Warhead Proximity-Fused High Explosive
Notes
The result of the Dominion of Kotterdam's recent interest in naval weaponry, the Hammerhead SLAAM project was originally designed to grant submarines the ability to swat pesky ASW helicopters from the skies, but it has expanded to give them a broader range of capabilities similar to those of the SM-2-MR. The Hammerhead offers both semi- and fully-active radar homing modes, allowing submarines equipped with this weapon to raise their radar mast, fire a missile, and submerge once more to evade the aircraft while the missile engages on its own.
While you may purchase whatever quantity of the new Silverfish SCSG Torpedo that you may wish, the production rights are not up for sale. In the case of this new munition you must do your own math.
Silverfish Supercavitating Self-Guided Torpedo
(SCSG Torpedo)
Specifications
Primary Function Heavyweight torpedo for submarines
Secondary Function Defensive ("Revenge") Snapshot Weapon
Contractor Viking Military Technologies
Power Plant Solid Rocket
Length 5.79 meters
Weight 1,766.74 kilograms
Diameter 53.34 centimeters
Range 12 kilometers
Speed 360 kilometers per hour
Depth 1,000 meters
Guidance System Passive/Active Acoustic Homing
Warhead 362.87 kg (800 lbs) high explosive
Unit Cost $3.5 million
Notes
The Silverfish is the final product of an extensive design project jointly run by DOKNRD and Viking Military Technologies, parent company of Viking Firearms. The purpose of this project was to improve the capabilities of the DKN's submarine force by providing them with a new high-speed torpedo.
Self-Guided and supremely lethal, the Silverfish is what is known as a supercavitating weapon. It operates using a solid rocket motor to propel it at speeds of three hundred and sixty kilometers an hour. Based off of concepts used in the construction of the Russian Shkval-series of torpedoes, the Silverfish was developed to give Kotterite submarines similar capabilites.
The Silverfish utilizes the principle of supercavitation in its operation. Fast moving objects in water, generally ones with sharp edges, such as propellers can, through their passage, lower the pressure of the water around them until it reaches a point so low that the water becomes vapour, forming little bubbles, much like when you boil water. Unlike heat-formed bubbles, however, these ones are unstable, and when they encounter more normal water pressures, they implode violently. This is called cavitation.
Supercavitating projectiles utilize this effect to create a renewable bubble of vapour around themselves through which they travel, greatly reducing the friction acting upon the device in question. Generally, the size and length of this bubble is dictated by speed. The Silverfish, however, like the Shkval before it uses a process called ventilated supercavitation by which a portion of the torpedo's exhaust gasses are released through outlets near the nose of the torpedo, providing it with a bubble large enough for the weapon.
This allows the Silverfish to travel faster and deeper than the weapons that have come before, resulting in damage from kinetic energy exchange on impact as well as simply from the detonation of the warhead, as with previous torpedoes. Although the speed, guidance system, impact, and increased warhead size almost guarantees a kill, the MK48 ADCAP torpedo remains in service with the DKN as well as the Silverfish due to the increased cost of the latter.